Naphtali Friedman

Naphtali Friedman (sometimes also spelled Naftali; 15 May 1863, Juodžiai, Kovno Governorate – 5 May 1921) was a Jewish Lithuanian lawyer and politician.

Friedman in 1913

He was elected as a Russian Constitutional Democratic Party deputy representing Kovno Governorate to the Third (1907–1912, out of 2 Jewish deputies) and Fourth (1912–1917, out of 3 Jewish deputies) State Duma.^[1] In 1914, he made a speech in which he said that the Jews would fight until the victory of the Russian Empire was achieved.^[1] He was also elected on April 19, 1920 to the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania on a common Jewish ticket^[1] and died on 5 May 1921.